Talybont North Reviews

I'm a mature student so refused to stay in halls after I saw them. From what I've had to deal with helping the younger students get there deposits back and fighting stupid fines, don't stay in halls. They are a bunch of grifters.

Nice community feel with students always walking around, always feels very safe, small rooms but good value for money. Very little social space as kitchens small, no common room and corridors between flats are outdoors so not social

Living in this place, retrospectively, was one of the worst living experiences of my life. The amount of wildlife here was truly incredible, the birds defecating on our kitchen chairs and table, the pigeons that got into our hallways, the spiders that infested our rooms, the fruit flies in the kitchen and some of our rooms, the silverfish and cockroaches in south; you can't make it up, I'm not exaggerating, all of that happened, so prepare yourself if you feel like a trip to the zoo, you get a free 9 month-long ticket. The hygiene was another key point of intrigue as the cleaners, tried as they might, couldn't tackle the mysterious grease stains on the ceilings, the previously mentioned animal droppings, or The wi-fi was notably difficult, often just fizzling out in the middle of seminars. The fire alarms, that routinely scared the shite out of you Monday morning for a test, then continuously scare the shite out of you if a knob left something to burn at midnight or 2 am.

I was staying in house V so it was the biggest room available in North. However, don't let the pictures fool you online, the rooms are like prison cells, the beds are terrible so you will need a very thick mattress topper to even get a tiny bit of comfort from it. Taps are separate rather than mixer so when you want hot water it comes out scalding. Security on doors checking university identification which is slightly discerning, shouldn't have to show ID to enter where you are living. Never had a problem with silver fish in North. If you want to be in party central then you would be looking for Talybont South, almost always a pungent smell of weed as you walk down there. Only place with parking is north and gate. Laundry is a rip off. If you leave the kitchen window open then the birds will come in and scavenge through the bins, and also defecate across the kitchen so be careful. The cupboards in the kitchen can also get very hot so even dry food can spoil.

Accommodation is outdated, small and like a ships cabin

The cleaner for my building is lovely, I’ve met some great people. Close to town and the park, really near aldi and Tesco so options for shipping. The decor is a bit dated but you get what you pay for, all the repairs I’ve ever requested have been really quick too, like the main light bulb broke and I emailed and someone came an hour later Wifi is really really patchy and not that great Because it’s so close to the river it does mean that there can be rats, which we unfortunately found a dead one at one point in the boiler room The situation with couriers can be tricky cos the post room only accept Royal Mail & certain Amazon packages but once you’re used to it it’s fine I couldn’t really review the social spaces because within the flat it’s just the kitchen area that you’ve got and then because of covid nobody’s really used the social centre

These are genuinely the worst equipped student halls I have visited/lived in. Would I recommend living here? It depends what your idea of student living is like. Right now, I am staying in a Medium Ensuite room. The rooms look more like they have been renovated to look like a combination of an office and a holiday caravan. There is a strip light as the main light source in the room and a fire alarm directly above your head (not great if you scare easily at loud noises), a heavy door which looks a bit like one you'd have in a prison. People reporting that there are large social spaces are lying. You have a slim corridor and a small kitchen. People often have to timetable when they're going to be in there so they can cook uninterrupted. There is a 'Social Centre' but this year it has been used to house the mail, test for COVID and to provide study spaces. You'll probably find yourself in awe at rooms bigger than a stall in Gate or Court. The good thing is location (next to Tescos).

ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!! ever since I moved in last year I have felt different since. I don’t know how to explain it but i kinda felt possessed a couple times. It would make sense since the first couple months I would see what appeared to be ‘ red eyes ‘ glowing behind my wardrobe towards the early evening this is why I avoided turning the lights off for my whole stay . I feel fine now but staying there felt dangeorus a couple of my flat mates would hear a baby crying and footsteps around 4am in the kitchen loud enough to wake us up the weird thing is this only happened on the 31st of each month repeatedly I tried telling reception to move me but they just laughed at the situation !!!

I really good atmosphere. Really nice rooms and people. Very large rooms compared to other unis I had looked at.

Overall good accommodation for first year standards, not cheap and the cleaners refuse to clean certain areas if they are too dirty

Don’t bother trying to connect to the internet.

Disappointed with the reviews saying similar problems year after year ( management need to get their finger out and get these sorted) wish I had read the reviews before my child had accepted a place in September. Shall definitely be inspecting the standard (cleanliness) of the room he has been offered before leaving him.

The heating is not adjustable as in other halls and it's either on full blast or not at all and we can't turn it on or off. The cleaners are rude, they will shout and wake you up in the mornings if you didnt clean enough, they don't always come. the rent is high, the appliances are cheap and many are broken. the bathrooms are tiny and are wetrooms (no shower screen/curtain) the fines for getting locked out or needing a new card are very high. the hot water/heating broke 8 times in our first semester. i once had to call maintenance 3 times in one week. i feel i was ripped off in general and i have one of the newest/biggest buildings and rooms. (taly north has the best parties though). My room itself (excluding the bathroom) is nice enough but nothing like as nice as taly court. would recommend getting court or colum hall

Talbot North in my opinion is a great place to live for your first year depending on which house you are placed in. I was placed in House W which is one of the nicer ones so I enjoyed it more than some of my friends. Whatever house you are in though the social life in this accommodation is still amazing. This is because there are so many students living in the area meaning you can meet so many new people who could eventually become friends and maybe the people you live with in second and third year.

This place is like a real life fawlty towers, things were broken in my room before I even moved in. The accommodation price is a rip off for what you get as the cleaners are plain lazy and spend most of their time sat in the kitchen shouting down the phone! The receptionist is so rude and has zero people skills it's quite laughable! Outside our flat there was rats everywhere. When you move in they give you the incorrect wifi to log into and unhelpful instructions. During my time here there were drug raids on the flats and regularly spotted drug dealers lurking around the accommodation , not safe to walking through the site at night time!! My advice DO NOT stay here unless you want to experience hell on earth!!!! and if you are unfortunate enough to be given this as your digs then my advice is to get blind drunk throughout the time your here to get you through it!!

Horrible rooms, unclean rooms before you've even moved in, tiny bedroom spaces, mold growing in all the ensuite bathrooms. Terrible location, takes about 30-40 min to walk to city centre, usually leaving you isolated from every other accommodation around. £400pcm is a disgusting price for such shoddy rooms. Greedy fines for things that would be out of your control, such as £20 fines for not taking bins out. £4.20 to wash and dry 1 load of clothes. Kitchens are tiny, with space for about 2 people to sit down at a time, and kitchens are very dirty. Thieves everywhere, your post will get stolen unless it's delivered to the reception. Don't fall into the trap of relying on the uni for accom, go anywhere else, talybont north is the worst accommodation the uni provides by far, a shared house would be miles better and cheaper. The only good thing I have to say about Talybont North are the people are great, but that's no credit to management.

good parties, tiny rooms and caravan bathrooms. go to south kids.

Good but no common room and it is expensive for what you get

Wifi is awful, management are slow but you'll meet great people! Should be cheaper than South

reception can be quite blunt and rude.

wifi keeps disconnecting and they should probably ask you a few questions before uni e.g. personality, hobbies etc., so you get matched with similar people

My block in talybont north is so dated compared to the other blocks it needs refurbishing badly

Good location. Fairly small room but is expected. Bad internet connection.

in an unrefurbished house but paying same price as ones that have been refurbished, arrived and cooker wasn't working ceiling dripped water and there was mould up the walls and in the shower. Wifi is very temperamental and the flat is very small with only a small kitchen between six people with no social space other than a table

Love living here in Talybont North...great bunch of people too! It"s quite the walk to Cathays for Uni which is especially unpleasant in the train..but..McDonalds is right next door, how convenient.

Ages away from lectures, unfriendly cleaners, place is riddled with drugs, kitchens are boiling, stupid moneymaking rules and charges

House D is the best place you will ever stay!! Other houses are kinda run down!!

It's genuinely as bad as a Russian gulag. The cleaner was caught sat down at our table doing nothing listening to music and the bed has actually given me back problems

Great accommodation, great social life but allows the ability to shut the noise of student life out to concentrate on studies when needed

Everythings brilliant apart from the ghostly voice between the hours of 5:30 / 7ish in room 5 , i cant sleep through it its terrifying, no explanation on the web. Says two words cant make them out, really quiet, sounds like coming from room above.

Pretty crappy buildings/rooms but you learn to love it because it's such a great time.

I enjoyed living in TalyNorth. It was a great social experience.

Have been without hot water for at least 3 weeks over the 2 semesters. Hadn't been cleaned on arrival. Wifi very inconsistent. All the cleaner does is vacuum the hallway. Although the social side is good because there's always something going on without it being as noisy as Talybont South where on most days you can't get to sleep until early morning.

Could do with a full sized single bed, cleaners do a really good job, would be nice to have a sofa area in flat as tables uncomfortable to sit at

Very ugly, old and small (needs to be knocked down and rebuilt) but it becomes your own little home

I currently live in one of the refurbished blocks which is a lot nicer than some of the others. It's about a 20 minute walk to the main building, 30 minutes from central station but the bonus is you have McDonald's right behind you! It's definitely good value for money. Taly North was my 4th choice accommodation, but now I'm here I'm so happy with my flat.

I do not dispute that Talybont North is not the best quality of halls but the year I lived there was best year of my social and uni life, despite the small space these halls have such vast potential to become the home away from home that makes first year of university so easy and bearable.

Long walk to everywhere apart from Tesco extra, appreciate having an ensuite bathroom but the halls in general just look and smell old

The houses that haven't been refurbished (such as mine) are vile, there is mould growing all over the walls and slugs appearing in the bathrooms. The refurbished houses are good value for money but it's not worth the 50% chance of being stuck in a house barely better than a cardboard box.

In one of the refurbished housed - so it's not that bad!

Cheap and small but great en suites!

I quite like it. Seriously, a solid 7/10.

Very good for money, there's always some flat open for socialising. Noise control is very poor, mailing system is poor.

Good value for money, 20mins from uni & the taly social centre is super close & really cheap

could be cleaner as when arrived wasn't that clean

Talybont North is one of the cheaper halls of residence and some may see this as an incentive to chose it, however personally I would rather pay a little extra and get more for my money. On arrival, my shower didn't work, and within a week I had to have my shower head replaced, my handle fixed, and my flat also experienced problems with access to hot water for at least 3 days. The location is ideal in terms of getting to and from Tescos, being just around the corner, however to walk to lecture buildings requires walking through the whole of Talybont South and Court which is a journey in itself! The rooms aren't very spacious but you soon adapt, however I didn't quite believe it was 'medium' on arrival, and was shocked at the 'ensuite' which is effectively a wet room. Perhaps if my shower worked from the beginning and there had been no problems with hot water, my opinion of Talybont North would be more positive!

Nice large room, the cleaner doesn't do anything she just turns the Hoover on for a bit

Fines are extortionate and often made up, go to Gate, much better.

Nothing is acceptable apart from the humans living in the buildings - in fact they're more than lovely. I really hope cleaners next year do their job. You can't imagine how much we cleaned when we first moved in. It was horrible.

It was a bit too far from the uni really, quite annoying to have to walk at least twice a day so better if you have a bike. The bedrooms and kitchen were extremely small but it was nice having an en-suite bathroom. Very social halls, lots of going out and house parties so really fun but not good if you want to sleep ever.

Had the best first year I could have possibly hoped for in taly north. It is definitely the most sociable halls which is exactly what you want for freshers. The rooms are tiny and your kitchen's ways going to be a state but simon will always come in and let you know when you really need to take the bins out so you don't get fined or anything. The cleaners are super lovely and will always come and have a chat and the maintenance men are fab too if your heating won't work or whatever. Once you've settled in it's literally the best place to be and there'll always be prinks at at least one of the flats in your house every night which is a great way to get to know everyone.

I LOVE TALY. The best place to spend your first year at uni if you're a sociable person :)

Way too far from the university. Far too expensive for a box room.

Great rooms and en suites are ideal. We had no common areas other than the kitchen which was uncomfortable to sit in for long periods of time but talybont social was a good compromise

The cleaner really didn't do anything except complain about our mess and also it was expensive for what it was

The accommodation in Talybont north wasn't the nicest and needs refurbishment. Some of the houses were nice but others were horrible

It's very rubbish, if you get one of the refurbished rooms, it's not so bad though.

Not a great place. not a social ares, just a kitchen and table. not enough storage compartments in the bedrooms.

It is ridiculously overpriced in comparison to the standards of house you can get for the same price! Its toooooo far away from uni, especially on those days where the rain is POURING. The maintenance are very quick and great at sorting out any problems you have, the showers in the wet rooms are crap. The receptionists are awful to deal with, don't ever think picking up a parcel will be a quick ordeal. The cleaners are good to the extent that they do exactly whats on there job description - no more or no less - regardless of the fact you may have all your spices neatly lined up along the windowsill they WILL be moved so the sill can be wiped. They also aren't shy to yell, bang on your doors and wake you up at 9am to take out your bins. Common room/ social spaces are non existent. Social experience, outside of my lively flat, north is not the most sociable of areas to stay and can get very grumpy if you're belting out take that at 4am on a wednesday night...